1952 Ajmer State Legislative Assembly election
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Elections to the Ajmer Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. 134 candidates competed for the 30 seats in the Assembly.[1] This was the final election for the Ajmer Legislative Assembly: on 1 November 1956, under the provisions of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the Ajmer State was abolished and its constituencies were merged into Rajasthan.[2]
Constituencies
The Ajmer Legislative Assembly consisted of 30 seats distributed in six two-member constituencies; Ajmer-I (South West), Ajmer-II (East), Jethana, Nasirabad, Kekri and Masuda and eighteen single-member constituencies. None of these seats were under reserved category for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Total 134 candidates contested for these 30 seats. Maximum number of candidates were 13 from Ajmer-I (South West) and Ajmer-II (East), while Bhinai had only 2 contestants, minimum of all the constituencies.[1]
Results
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| Party | Flag | Seats Contested |
Won | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | |
| Indian National Congress | 
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30 | 20 | 66.67 | 1,04,411 | 44.47 | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 15 | 3 | 10.00 | 28,057 | 11.95 | ||
| Pursharathi Panchayat | 6 | 3 | 10.00 | 15,781 | 7.72 | ||
| Communist Party of India | 
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2 | 0 | 3,494 | 1.49 | ||
| Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 1,055 | 0.45 | |||
| Independent politician | 79 | 4 | 13.33 | 81,990 | 34.92 | ||
| Total Seats | 30 | Voters | 4,62,810 | Turnout | 2,34,788 (50.73%) | ||
Elected members
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
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| Ajmer-I (South West) | Parasram | Pursharathi Panchayat | |
| Arjandas | Pursharathi Panchayat | ||
| Ajmer-II (East) | Bal Krishna Kaul | Indian National Congress | |
| Harjit Lal | Indian National Congress | ||
| Ajmer-III (Kala Bagh) | Ramesh Chandra | Indian National Congress | |
| Ajmer-IV (Town Hall) | Bhiman Das | Pursharathi Panchayat | |
| Ajmer - V (Naya Bazar) | Ambalal | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| Ajmer-VI (Dhaldin Ka Jhopra) | Syed Abbas Ali | Indian National Congress | |
| Shrinagar | Hari Bhao Upadhaya | Indian National Congress | |
| Derathu | Himmat Ali | Indian National Congress | |
| Jethana | Narayan | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagirath Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
| Pushker South | Jai Narain | Indian National Congress | |
| Pushker North | Shiv Narayan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Gagwana | Kishan Lal Lamror | Indian National Congress | |
| Nasirabad | Laxminaryan | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahendra Singh | Independent | ||
| Bhinai | Kalyan Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| Deolia Kalan | Chagan Lal | Indian National Congress | |
| Sawar | Laxman Singh | Independent | |
| Kekri | Jethmal | Indian National Congress | |
| Sewadas | Indian National Congress | ||
| Beawar City North | Brijmohanlal | Indian National Congress | |
| Beawar City South | Jagan Nath | Indian National Congress | |
| Shyamgarh | Wali Mohammad | Indian National Congress | |
| Masuda | Narayan Singh | Independent | |
| Surajmal Morya | Indian National Congress | ||
| Nayanagar | Ganpati Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| Jawaja | Chiman Singh | Independent | |
| Todgarh | Prem Singh | Indian National Congress | |
By-elections
In September 1953 a by-election was held for the Bhinai seat.[3][4] In the original election, the Bhinai seat had been won by Kalyan Singh of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, who defeated the Indian National Congress candidate Madan Singh with 3,164 votes (51.58%) against 2,970 (48.42%).[5] However, the election in Bhinai was declared void as nomination papers had been improperly rejected and a by-election was called.[4] Three candidates contested the by-election; Kalyan Singh of BJS, Chiman Singh of INC and independent candidate Misri Lal Chitlangia.[3][6] Kalyan Singh retained the seat with 3,662 votes (65.3%). The Congress candidate got 1,635 votes (29.2%) and Chitalngia got 310 votes (5.5%).[3][4]
See also
- 1951–52 elections in India
- Ajmer State
- 1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
- 1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ a b c "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Ajmer" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b c Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
- ^ a b c Indian Press Digests. Monograph Series (2-3 ed.). 1956. p. 1.
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF AJMER
- ^ Gazette of India. Controller of Publications. 1954. p. 280.